{"id":10528,"date":"2020-10-29T00:05:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T07:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/?p=10528"},"modified":"2020-10-29T00:35:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T07:35:38","slug":"lucasfilm-adds-new-trademark-filing-for-boba-fett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobafettfanclub.com\/news\/fettpedia\/lucasfilm-adds-new-trademark-filing-for-boba-fett\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucasfilm Adds New Trademark Filing for \"Boba Fett\""},"content":{"rendered":"

As of last week on October 23, Lucasfilm has a new trademark filing for the word mark “Boba Fett,” adding upon the still “live” filing from 2010, following numerous others “dead” ones since 1978. <\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at each record, which calls out fiction books to posters, courtesy of the United States Patent and Trademark Office<\/a> (USPTO) where the records are available to the public.<\/p>\n

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According to USPTO, you’re supposed to re-file every 9 to 10 years<\/a>, which is what they’re doing here:<\/p>\n

Owners of registrations not based on the Madrid Protocol must file a Declaration of Use and\/or Excusable Nonuse and an Application for Renewal under \u00a7\u00a78 and 9<\/a> of the Trademark Act between the 9th and 10th years after the registration date, and every 9th and 10th-year period thereafter, calculated from the registration date.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s a copy of the 2010 one, which hadn’t expired and calls out costumes and toys:<\/p>\n

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If you look further back, there are four more trademark filings for the word mark “Boba Fett,” but they’re considered “dead,” which is normal as time goes on.<\/p>\n

Here’s the 1984, citing figures and cake pans:<\/p>\n

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Here’s the 1983, mentioning bookmarks for the goods and services block:<\/p>\n

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Here’s the 1982, covering sleeping bags to bedspreads:<\/p>\n

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And here’s the 1978 filing, simply mentioning action figures:<\/p>\n

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What do you think it might mean for the original trilogy bounty hunter, rumored to appear in The Mandalorian Season 2, which begins this Friday?<\/p>\n

Helmet nod to our friends at Yakface.com<\/a> who first noticed the trademark filing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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